Disquisitiones Arithmeticae / Edition 1

by Carl Friedrich Gauss, William C. Waterhouse, Arthur A. Clarke

Overview

Carl Friedrich Gauss’s textbook, Disquisitiones arithmeticae, published in 1801 (Latin), remains to this day a true masterpiece of mathematical examination.                                                                 .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387962542
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	04/11/1986
Edition description:	1st ed. 1966. Corr. 2nd printing 1986
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.39(d)

Table of Contents

Congruent Numbers in General.- Congruences of the First Degree.- Residues of Powers.- Congruences of the Second Degree.- Forms and Indeterminate Equations of the Second Degree.- Various Applications of the Preceding Discussions.- Equations Defining Sections of a Circle.- Additional Notes.- Tables.- Gauss' Handwritten Notes.- List of Special Symbols.- Directory of Terms.